The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light of the glow-worm, which gives no heat, and illumines nothing but itself

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only...

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only...

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...